A moment of silence
Patrick McGoohan, the star and visionary behind “The Prisoner,” passed away at the age of 80.
The show is one of the most brilliant pieces of art ever made for television, and its genius is the way it weaves the struggle between Man and the State through so many layers and treatments.
McGoohan’s protagonist, the un-named Number 6, gives us maybe the greatest rallying cry for a modern age of oppressive government with unchecked growth:
“I am not a number — I am a free man!”
Prescient, indeed.
